3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smythes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Smythes Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a hallmark of Smythes Creek compared to most similar areas. The typical home holds 3.0 people, which is higher than the national figure. This is a place where very few people live alone and families are the dominant household type.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Smythes Creek — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per dwelling and very few residents living alone at just 14.2%. This is far below the 25.6% national figure, and the typical home size has barely changed since 2011.
14.2% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smythes Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 7.0% of the total, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
7.0% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smythes Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Smythes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011007/smythes-creek/topic/family-households